Verdi - Macbeth
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Label: Chandos - Opera in English
Cat No: CHAN31802
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 31st March 2014
Contents
Artists
Latonia MooreSimon Keenlyside
Gwyn Hughes Jones
Brindley Sherratt
Ben Johnson
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Opera in English Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Edward GardnerWorks
MacbethArtists
Latonia MooreSimon Keenlyside
Gwyn Hughes Jones
Brindley Sherratt
Ben Johnson
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Opera in English Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Edward GardnerAbout
This recording of Verdi's Macbeth marks the completion of the Peter Moores Foundation's remarkable Opera in English series, established in 1995 with the aim of making opera available to wider audiences by presenting the highest quality opera performances in English. Here a translation by Jeremy Sams is sung by an all-star cast including Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth and Latonia Moore as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth is the first of three Verdi operas based on dramas by William Shakespeare. Described by Verdi as ‘one of the greatest creations of man’, Macbeth’s ‘grandeur, breadth, and sublime, rarefied and strange atmosphere’ inspired Verdi to adapt this tale of power, corruption, and devilry. Having previously concentrated on historical narratives, in Macbeth Verdi engaged in dark supernatural themes for the first time. The subject matter provided Verdi with the opportunity to expand on his abilities as a tone poet - he extended the contribution of the orchestra to the drama and introduced orchestral detail and colour not seen before in his operatic scores.
In 1865, eighteen years after its triumphant premiere in Florence, Verdi was asked to revisit the score for a Paris revival. This revised version forms the basis of the present recording, which also includes additions from the original score.
Cast:
- Latonia Moore (Lady Macbeth)
- Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth)
- Gwyn Hughes Jones (Macduff)
- Brindley Sherratt (Banquo)
- Ben Johnson (Malcolm)
- Elizabeth Llewellyn (Lady Macbeth’s Lady in Waiting)
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